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1200 Aluminum vs. EN 1.3563 Steel

1200 aluminum belongs to the aluminum alloys classification, while EN 1.3563 steel belongs to the iron alloys. There are 25 material properties with values for both materials. Properties with values for just one material (6, in this case) are not shown. Please note that the two materials have significantly dissimilar densities. This means that additional care is required when interpreting the data, because some material properties are based on units of mass, while others are based on units of area or volume.

For each property being compared, the top bar is 1200 aluminum and the bottom bar is EN 1.3563 steel.

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Mechanical Properties

Brinell Hardness 23 to 48
210 to 220
Elastic (Young's, Tensile) Modulus, GPa 69
190
Poisson's Ratio 0.33
0.29
Shear Modulus, GPa 26
73
Tensile Strength: Ultimate (UTS), MPa 85 to 180
690 to 1850

Thermal Properties

Latent Heat of Fusion, J/g 400
250
Maximum Temperature: Mechanical, °C 170
420
Melting Completion (Liquidus), °C 660
1460
Melting Onset (Solidus), °C 650
1420
Specific Heat Capacity, J/kg-K 900
470
Thermal Conductivity, W/m-K 230
43
Thermal Expansion, µm/m-K 23
13

Electrical Properties

Electrical Conductivity: Equal Volume, % IACS 58
7.3
Electrical Conductivity: Equal Weight (Specific), % IACS 190
8.4

Otherwise Unclassified Properties

Base Metal Price, % relative 9.0
2.5
Density, g/cm3 2.7
7.8
Embodied Carbon, kg CO2/kg material 8.2
1.5
Embodied Energy, MJ/kg 150
20
Embodied Water, L/kg 1190
52

Common Calculations

Stiffness to Weight: Axial, points 14
13
Stiffness to Weight: Bending, points 50
24
Strength to Weight: Axial, points 8.7 to 19
24 to 65
Strength to Weight: Bending, points 16 to 26
22 to 43
Thermal Diffusivity, mm2/s 92
12
Thermal Shock Resistance, points 3.8 to 8.1
20 to 54

Alloy Composition

Aluminum (Al), % 99 to 100
0 to 0.050
Carbon (C), % 0
0.4 to 0.46
Chromium (Cr), % 0
0.9 to 1.2
Copper (Cu), % 0 to 0.050
0 to 0.3
Iron (Fe), % 0 to 1.0
96.8 to 98.4
Manganese (Mn), % 0 to 0.050
0.6 to 0.9
Molybdenum (Mo), % 0
0.15 to 0.3
Oxygen (O), % 0
0 to 0.0020
Phosphorus (P), % 0
0 to 0.025
Silicon (Si), % 0 to 1.0
0 to 0.4
Sulfur (S), % 0
0 to 0.030
Titanium (Ti), % 0 to 0.050
0
Zinc (Zn), % 0 to 0.1
0
Residuals, % 0 to 0.15
0

Comparable Variants